Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 17:23:31 +0200
From: Timothee Besset <ttimo@idsoftware.com>
To: Mark Watts <m.watts@eris.qinetiq.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
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Subject: Re: VESA Framebuffer dead in 2.6.0-test1
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I have the same problem. It boots but I have no console. In 2.5 there was
an item 'enable virtual console' (in Character Devices) which I had
enabled, and the boot console was showing. I didn't see this option
displayed when I configured 2.6 from scratch (CONFIG_VT stuff)

TTimo

On Wed, 16 Jul 2003 16:08:34 +0100
Mark Watts <m.watts@eris.qinetiq.com> wrote:

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> > Hi.
> >
> > A number of people have experienced the same problem as I have; the VESA
> > framebuffer is just..black on boot. I haven't seen any reports on this,
> > though. dmesg says what it always have said before about the fb.
> >
> > I boot with vga=791 (as specified in lilo.conf).. Have something changed
> > or is it just broken? :o)
> >
> > Thanks.
> 
> I boot with vga=0x343 (1400x1050) and its working fine (2.6.0-test1)
> 
> This is a Dell Latitude C610 laptop, so it may be using the ati framebuffer 
> stuff, although I get this in dmesg:
> 
> vesafb: framebuffer at 0xe0000000, mapped to 0xd8800000, size 16384k
> vesafb: mode is 1400x1050x24, linelength=4200, pages=2
> vesafb: protected mode interface info at c000:5378
> vesafb: scrolling: redraw
> vesafb: directcolor: size=0:8:8:8, shift=0:16:8:0
> fb0: VESA VGA frame buffer device
> Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 175x65
> 
> Mark.
> 
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> Mark Watts
> Senior Systems Engineer
> QinetiQ TIM
> St Andrews Road, Malvern
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